Repair A Powerbook AC Adapter

Step 5 Wrap It Up

It's time to wrap things back up. Before you start reassembly, it's probably a good idea to test out your wiring to make sure it works.

When you're putting things together, wrap the cable in such a way as to protect both the splice point and the board connection from stress. You don't want all of your hard work to be undone by a careless yank on your cord.

Once you've got everything pretty secured the way you want it, tape it up (or glue it, or encase the whole thing in carbonite).

Comments

[philippeb78]

You could have been more respectuous of Jonathan wills by using a white tape :)

[GlassEye1]

I had a short at the computer-side of the power-adapter. My local Apple store gave me a free 85 Watt power-adapter. When that didn't work they replaced my logic board, DVD/Superdrive & power harness all for free. My wife found out Apple was having a -- Uh-Hmm, err -- "issue" with these power-adapters and quietly replacing them (That's why I took to the Apple store). It's on the Apple site, but you have to dig (sorry I don't have the URL). Just a word of caution for DIYers -- Have good commercial soldering iron with a needle-point tip and a good Solder-sucker. My Solder-sucker worked great, but my $10 Radio-Shack soldering iron was inadequate.

[asimegusta]

Thanks guy. What a relief to have repaired the power adapter on my Toshiba laptop. Your instrutions are great. I needed to splice both the wire and the sheathing though, else got no power. Thanks for sharing.